Nomade: A Moving Tribute by Tchik Tchik Cyrilik and Mister Mowg to Rona Hartner

Born from a meeting, turned into a tribute. With Nomade, the two artists continue the legacy of a musician who never stopped bridging cultures.

Some collaborations are strategic. Others are stories. Nomade clearly belongs to the latter.

The story begins in 2015. At the time, Tchik Tchik Cyrilik was performing with the project Vidimozz, a group steeped in Balkan and Gypsy-inspired sounds. Alongside his partner Bruno, they created a track inspired by Gadjo Dilo, the film by Tony Gatlif that introduced Rona Hartner to cinema alongside Romain Duris.

Almost on a whim, they sent the song to the Romanian-French actress and singer. The response came the next day: Hartner agreed to record with them.

The session took place in Versailles. A single, intense day in the studio, where Hartner laid down her vocals with an energy that amazed both musicians. From that session emerged far more than a collaboration: a lasting memory and an artistic bond that would stay with both artists.

Between studio memories and the musical journeys since, her presence continues to resonate: that of Rona Hartner.

When news of her passing came at the end of 2023, the idea of a tribute became inevitable. Not a nostalgic or somber piece, but music true to what she embodied: joy, celebration, and the cross-cultural richness she naturally carried between Bucharest and France.

Cyrilik revisited some of the chords from that earlier period to start a new composition. The track took on another dimension when it intersected with Mister Mowg, a producer whose work blends instrumental hip-hop with cinematic sensibilities, adding texture and sonic architecture that immediately expanded the piece.

The collaboration between the two artists was made possible through the Kulture Botte collective, acting as a natural point of convergence.

Nomade evolved through successive exchanges: tracks shared, arrangements refined, ideas layered. A trumpet brought a Gypsy flair, while scratches and electronic textures introduced a contemporary tension. The piece unfolds like an open road where influences intersect freely.

Within this balance of nomadic rhythms and electro-hip-hop production, the spirit of Rona Hartner is ever-present. A profoundly European artist, moving between theatre, film, and Balkan music, she embodied a living cultural mosaic.

Nomade carries that movement forward: a track that crosses borders without smoothing them, extending, through sound, the freedom of an artist who always lived between worlds.

The release comes in two versions: an instrumental version and a soundtrack version, furthering the dialogue between music and cinematic imagination.

A tribute that refuses nostalgia: Nomade chooses the road.